Short-term obligations

ASSIGNMENT Name Course Tutor name 29 February 2012 ASSIGNMENT Table of contents 1.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….3 2.0 Financing the short term obligations of businesses……………………………………….3 3.0 Task 2…………………………………………………………………………………….4 3.1 meeting short term obligations……………………………………………………4 3.2 liquidity and efficiency ratios of the companies………………………………….5 3.3 comparing liquidity position of the companies……………………………………6 3.4 comparing eff…

Introduction

..9 Introduction ‘Short-term’ obligations are liabilities owed by an institution to outsiders and are due within a period of less than one year. They can be understood as part of an organization’s assets that have been contributed by external sources. The obligations include creditors, accrued expenses, and ‘short-term’ loans. This paper seeks to discuss the financing of ‘short-term’ obligation of PepsiCo and MacDonald’s company. The paper will explore how the two companies that fall within the manufacturing industry financed their ‘short-term’ obligations. This will be achieved through analysis of the financial reports of the companies for the year 2009. 1. Financing the short term obligations of business Businesses apply a variety of ways to finance their short term obligations. ...

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